We all skipped the key question:



Why Texas?



The hard part is it sounds like you're asking for competing items: small town with lots of bike paths. I haven't lived in TX for 15yrs or so, and at the time, DFW was just figuring out what it meant to be 'bike friendly.' I wonder what Denton and the area around UNT is like these days. It's a smaller (college) town, but close enough to DFW that if you want to go to a Costco/Stars/Mavs/Rangers/Cowboys game, you can without too much trouble.


But, why Texas? Summers are awfully hot, and winters are icy cold without the snow to make it seem appropriate.